Gilles
Gabrielle, a pleasant woman in her sixties, learns that she is about to be evicted from her second-hand shop...
Le père Thomas
Gaspard is a brilliant pupil who makes a clean sweep of all the prizes every year. He despises his family, and do not want to remain a crude peasant like them. Two businessmen, Mister Fereor and Mister Frolichein, want him to work in their factories. The former wins the contest. Gaspard is a young Turk who wants to make his way of life at any cost. He steals ideas from other young men and becomes an occasional informer. He wins his boss over and, as this tycoon has no son, he is adopted by him even though his biological parents are still alive. But unfair competition threatens Fereor's business and Gaspard is forced to marry Frolichein's daughter, Mina.
Francis
Трое художников — албанец Родольфо, француз Марсель и ирландец Шонар — оказываются в Париже без гроша в кармане. Они занимаются чистым искусством и искренне считают себя непризнанными гениями. Жизнь в двух шагах от успеха и в шаге от пропасти не дает им расслабиться, однако в их жизни находится место и любви, и трогательным попыткам перехитрить судьбу.
